Eli Roth just kicked off a new horror franchise with his slasher movie Thanksgiving (read our review HERE), as it was recently announced that Thanksgiving 2 is on track for a 2025 release. But while Roth is currently focused on holiday slashing, two franchises he previously created – the Hostel and Cabin Fever franchises – came up while he was sitting down for an interview with CinePOP. And during this interview, he said he hopes to revisit and revive those franchises someday!
Roth told CinePOP, “Hostel, there’s a lot more to do. I’d love to go back to Hostel at some point. And Cabin Fever as well. They’re a part of me, like my children, and I feel like I’ve been ignoring them for too long. I’d love to go back to them, in some way. I have ideas.“
Roth directed the first two Hostel movies and the first Cabin Fever, but then he passed the helm over to other directors. Scott Spiegel directed Hostel: Part III, while Ti West directed Cabin Fever 2: Spring Fever, Kaare Andrews directed Cabin Fever: Patient Zero, and Travis Z directed the Cabin Fever remake (using the same script that was written for the original film).
If/when Roth does return to Hostel and Cabin Fever, he won’t be writing or producing for someone else to direct. This time, he said, “I would direct it. I don’t want them in anyone else’s hands.“
If you need a reminder, the first Hostel has the following synopsis: Best friends Josh and Paxton decide to spend the summer after college graduation on an all-out backpacking trip across Europe. While stopping in Amsterdam to indulge their tastes for drugs and sex, they meet Oli, a like-minded traveler from Iceland. When the three bachelors set off to investigate enticing rumors of a Slovakian hostel in a city populated by lusty women, they find themselves drawn unwittingly into a deadly game.
And the first Cabin Fever told the following story: Bert, a college student vacationing with friends in the mountains, mistakenly shoots a local man with a skin infection while hunting in the woods. Panicking, he abandons the scene and leaves the man for dead. When the man stumbles into a reservoir, he infects the water supply, and soon one of Bert’s friends becomes infected. The friends struggle to stop the contagious, flesh-eating disease while on the run from a group of ornery backwoods locals out for revenge.
Hostel: Part III was released in 2011 and the Cabin Fever remake in 2016, so it’s about time we get new entries in these franchises.
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